Catch me if you can
Director duo Pushkar and Gayathri have cast two dynamic actors in their upcoming film titled Vikram Vedha . In the film, R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi are pitted against each other. “Madhavan plays a cop (Vikram), chasing a gangster (Vedha) played by Vijay Sethupathi. Their characters are based on the age-old classic folktale, Vikramadhithan and Vedhalam. We have scripted stories within stories with Vedha always questioning the moral ambiguity of every action. The film is designed to be a dramatic action thriller,” says Pushkar
The Maan Karate kid
Ashwathy Ravikumar landed a small role in Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Neethaane En Ponvasantham after he saw her portfolio photos.“After my first break, I got the chance to do a role as the lead support in Maan Karate ,” says Ashwathy, whose first film as the heroine, Kannula Kaasa Kattappa has just released. “I played a millionaire’s daughter in it, out to lure rich men for their money,” says Ashwathy, who is a qualified electrical/electronics engineer and also pursues modelling.
In tune with the times
Young composer Lean James came to the forefront with back-to-back hits in Kanchana 2 and Ko 2 and it boosted his popularity as a composer. “ Ko 2 is my full-fledged debut album as I had five songs in it and that helped me explore my capabilities. Kavalai Vendam with four songs, took me a few notches higher and I am now exploring a totally different dimension of sounds. For Veera, I am composing five songs which will highlight the thara local sounds of the North Chennai and I am quite excited about it,” says Leon James.
